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Signage
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6518622.
M27 heading west (and possibly east, but I am yet to travel back to see). There are road works around Junction 9 with a 50mph limit. These end (sign confirms) and then there are more roadwork 3 miles later. However, there is nothing to confirm the 50mph has ended after the first roadworks. Some stay at 50, others (in particular a highway maintenance vehicle probably in the know) speed past. If 50mph stops between the roadworks there should be a sign to say so.
Updates
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I’m sorry for any confusion or inconvenience these signs have caused you. I can appreciate your frustration at the lack of clear signage of where the free recovery starts or where the speed restrictions end and understand your concerns relating to this.
Instead of the return to NSL signs, we have installed new signage just after the works indicating that the speed limit returns to the variable speed limit.
This is determined by the signage on the overhead gantries (Variable Message Signs or VMS). Unless otherwise stated on these message boards, the NSL of 70mph still applies. This is a new approach that has been developed for works on Smart Motorways that have no hard shoulder (known as All Lanes Running or ALR). In these instances, you will no longer see the return to NSL signage across our works in ALR sections.
Please be assured that unless there is overhead signage on our VMS stating otherwise, the national speed limit of 70mph applies when you see these signs.
We appreciate your feedback which is invaluable to us as someone who uses our network, it helps us to identify issues that we can investigate or clarify further
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I’m sorry for any confusion or inconvenience these signs have caused you. I can appreciate your frustration at the lack of clear signage of where the free recovery starts or where the speed restrictions end and understand your concerns relating to this.
Instead of the return to NSL signs, we have installed new signage just after the works indicating that the speed limit returns to the variable speed limit.
This is determined by the signage on the overhead gantries (Variable Message Signs or VMS). Unless otherwise stated on these message boards, the NSL of 70mph still applies. This is a new approach that has been developed for works on Smart Motorways that have no hard shoulder (known as All Lanes Running or ALR). In these instances, you will no longer see the return to NSL signage across our works in ALR sections.
Please be assured that unless there is overhead signage on our VMS stating otherwise, the national speed limit of 70mph applies when you see these signs.
We appreciate your feedback which is invaluable to us as someone who uses our network, it helps us to identify issues that we can investigate or clarify further
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